PERRY: BLACK CAB SEX ATTACKER MAY HAVE STRUCK MANY TIMES

BOW, SHOREDITCH, EAST LONDON
A black cab driver who sexually assaulted two women after they fell asleep in the back of his taxi was jailed for 10 years - amid fears he may have attacked many other passengers.
David Perry, 52, has been a London taxi driver for 25 years and police have appealed for
for any other potential victims to come forward.
Perry carried out his first attack on 26 January 2013 after a woman, in her early 20s, spent the afternoon drinking in Bethnal Green, before moving on to a party in a restaurant.
She didn't remember hailing a cab, but parted from her friends at about 10.40pm.

March 30, 2015

RATTAN: THREE TO STAND TRIAL OVER STREET STABBING

SOUTHALL
Three men will stand trial in July for the murder of a man who was stabbed to death on the street where Kate Middleton's mum grew up.
Harinder Rattan, 41, was found injured and collapsed on Clarence Street, in Southall - the road where The Duchess of Cambridge's grandparents used to live - on Sunday 4 January.
Shamaun Salhotra, 29, brother Sanjay Salhotra, 26, and Inderjit Bhachu, 27, are all charged with his murder.
Appearing at the Old Bailey by videolink today (Mon) the men spoke only to confirm their names during the brief hearing.

March 30, 2015

SALEEM: THREE DENY POSSESSING STASH OF ID DOCUMENTS

ABBEY WOOD, EAST HAM, NEWHAM
Two men and a woman allegedly caught with a stash of bogus identity documents during anti-terror raids denied fraud charges today (mon).
Muhammed Saleem, 29, Valentino Miu, 30 and Tayyab Alriaz, 33, were found with bank cards and identity documents in a rucksack, it is said.
The raids on 6 December last year also uncovered identity papers stashed in a suitcase, two chip and pin readers and two USB sticks.
Alriaz is also accused of having two Italian driving licenses in his possession, while Miu (female) allegedly received criminal cash between December 2011 and April 2013.

March 30, 2015

ENNIS: THREE TEENS FACE LIFE FOR MURDER OF CHURCH MINISTER'S SON

WEMBLEY, SLOUGH, HARLESDEN
Three teenagers who chased and stabbed a church minister's son to death after stalking the streets in a minicab are facing life sentences today (Mon).
Idris Daud, 19, T'Shai Ennis, 19, and Ayman Koshin, 18, ordered the driver to circle the area until they spotted 18 year-old David Headlam walking home with a friend.
The hoodie-wearing killers pursued Mr Headlam for more than 400m and cornered him in the doorway of a house in Harlesden, northwest London.
Mr Headlam, son of Pentecostal church minister Bishop Alonzo Headlam, pleaded 'don't stab me, don't kill me' but was stabbed three times in the thigh and suffered a fatal injury to his femoral artery.

March 30, 2015

WELLS: REPORTER DIDN'T KNOW PAYMENTS WERE A CRIME

CENTRAL LONDON
A Sun reporter 'would have run a country mile' from paying public officials for stories if he knew he may be committing a crime', the Old Bailey heard.
Tom Wells, 34, is accused of paying two prison guards for tips on child killer Jon Venables, and funnelling money to an immigration centre official for stories about the way detainees were being held.
He told the court he was unaware his three contacts were classified as 'public officials' and had no idea his actions could be considered criminal.
'Have the prosecution made you sure that when you come to Tom Wells you should effectively call him a criminal', asked Adrian Keeling QC, defending Wells.

March 30, 2015

ASHIQ: TEENAGER DENIES IS TERROR PLOT

COVENTRY
A teenager denied plotting an Islamic State terrorist attack in Syria today (MON).
Zakariya Ashiq, 19, was arrested by anti-terror police at Heathrow after returning from Jordan in November last year .
Ashiq appeared at the Old Bailey to plead not guilty to preparing acts of terrorism and assisting others to prepare acts of terrorism.
The two charges state that he planned to travel to Syria in order to engage in acts of terrorism or assist another to engage in acts of terrorism on or before 6 October 2014.

March 30, 2015

CLOWES: 'SMUTTY MALE NURSE GROPED COLLEAGUE'

ROYSTON, LANCASHIRE
A nurse groped a colleague as she lowered herself into an industrial-sized bin to retrieve a newspaper, a tribunal heard today (mon).
Iain Clowes claims he was only trying to steady the woman, fearing she would fall into the huge waste container.
Clowes allegedly made a series of smutty remarks to colleagues while employed as a deputy manager at Orchard House Day Hospital, a mental health service for over-65s, in Royston, Lancs.
On one occasion he said 'Ooh stay in that position' when a female worker bent over, the Nursing and Midwifery Council heard.

March 30, 2015

CHILVERS:PARAMEDIC MADE PATIENT WALK NEARLY 1KM TO AMBULANCE

MAIDSTONE, KENT
A paramedic who made a patient suffering from a potentially life-threatening condition walk almost 1km has been struck off.
Kevin Chilvers, who worked at Maidstone ambulance station, also remarked 'where's the baby?' when attending to a 76-year-old patient.
Chilvers was employed by South East Coast Ambulance Service as a clinical team leader, the Health and Care Professions Council heard.
He was responsible for the management and supervision of staff and the completion of clinical duties while attending to patients requiring emergency care.

March 30, 2015

CASH:TRAVELLER LEFT BABY TO DROWN WHILE SHE SCORED DRUGS

EDGWARE, HARROW, NORTHWEST LONDON
A traveller who killed her baby son by leaving him alone in the bath while she went to buy drugs is facing jail today (MON).
Finola Cash, 31, returned to the bathroom to find eleven-month-old Ricky Cash unconscious in the water.
The boy was taken to hospital for treatment but died a month later of bronchopneumonia.
Cash, a member of the travelling community, appeared at the Old Bailey by video link from Holloway prison to plead guilty to manslaughter due to gross negligence.

March 30, 2015

QUYE:JACKASS PRANK MURDER DUO FACING LIFE BEHIND BARS

DAGENHAM, ESSEX; ROYSTON, HERTS; ROCHESTER, KENT; ELTHAM, SOUTHEAST LONDON
Two thugs who murdered a friend after getting him to perform humiliating 'Jackass-style stunts' are facing life behind bars.
Neill Buchel, 39, was battered to death by Elvis Kwiatkowski, 36, and Chas Quye, 36, before his body was dismembered and thrown into a nature reserve lake in Essex.
The South African had been a willing participant in the bizarre games based on the hit TV series, and was often filmed by drinking buddies Scott 'Gary' Hunt, 42, and Quye.
They laughed hysterically as they filmed him singing his own pubic hair, eating chillies and being shot at with a BB gun while wearing women's underwear.

March 30, 2015

BIRLADEANU:BUILDERS ATTACKED FAST FOOD WORKERS IN CHICKEN ROW

SOUTHEND, ILFORD, ESSEX; PLAISTOW, EAST LONDON
Three Romanian construction workers attacked staff in a late-night fast food joint because they forgot to put extra chicken on their pizza, a court heard.
Costel Arcealanu, 29, Constantine Birladeanu, 32, and Ionel Spiridon, 27, turned up drunk at Tasty for You in Southend-On-Sea, Essex, demanding quick service.
They yelled 'Where's my chicken' and 'Where's my pizza' at brothers Kahled, Davod and Zabir Rahimi.
Miranda Jollie, prosecuting, said: 'One of them threw the pizza box over the counter, it hit one of the workers in the face.